World’s first Electric Plane E-Fan completed its first flight says Sachin Karpe. The World’s first Electric plane named E-Fan on 9 May 2014 successfully completed its first flight. The first flight was carried in Bordeaux, France. E-Fan was manufactured by the Toulouse-based Airbus. It is a small experimental aircraft and is powered by 120 lithium-ion polymer batteries and can fly with speed of 220kmph. The length of the E-Fan is little more than 19 metres and makes a noise lightly more than hairdryer and is co-friendly profile. An hour flight with the E-Fan will cost only 16 US dollar as compare to 55 US dollar for a flight in a petrol powered plane of the same size says Sachin Karpe.
